Great Firewall of Australia – Crikeyhttps://www.crikey.com.au
On politics, media, business, the environment and lifeWed, 19 Dec 2018 05:51:28 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.9The regulator and the regulated: sorry, but the internet won’t play that gamehttps://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/27/the-regulator-and-the-regulated-sorry-but-the-internet-wont-play-that-game/
https://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/27/the-regulator-and-the-regulated-sorry-but-the-internet-wont-play-that-game/#commentsThu, 27 May 2010 03:20:34 +0000http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=141733Stephen Conroy rants at Google and Facebook. But he hasn't worked out that they don't play that game, and aren't that interested in what governments think.

]]>https://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/27/the-regulator-and-the-regulated-sorry-but-the-internet-wont-play-that-game/feed/7Google vs. Stephen Conroyhttps://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/26/google-vs-stephen-conroy/
https://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/26/google-vs-stephen-conroy/#commentsTue, 25 May 2010 23:00:27 +0000http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=141239Stephen Conroy is taking on internet giants Google and Facebook over their recent privacy breaches. But is he just capitalising on the public sentiment against the two companies to take the heat off his widely-panned internet filter plans?

]]>https://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/25/conroy-well-block-50000-sites/feed/0No sex, no YouTube, no Facebook — Conroy’s still watching youhttps://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/10/no-sex-no-youtube-no-facebook-conroys-still-watching-you/
https://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/10/no-sex-no-youtube-no-facebook-conroys-still-watching-you/#respondSun, 09 May 2010 23:34:17 +0000http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=136804Stephen Conroy's controversial internet filter has been placed on the backburner in the hope that it won't become a major election issue. But stay alert, writes Ross Fitzgerald, the internet filter will come back even more draconian than ever.

]]>https://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/10/no-sex-no-youtube-no-facebook-conroys-still-watching-you/feed/0The filter smackdown continues — now with added Google controversyhttps://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/15/the-filter-smackdown-continues-now-with-added-google-controversy/
https://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/15/the-filter-smackdown-continues-now-with-added-google-controversy/#commentsMon, 15 Feb 2010 02:40:46 +0000http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=116669Stephen Conroy's response on the internet filter didn't end the debate -- in fact, he appears to have opened up some new issues, including one with Google.

]]>https://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/03/conroy-weve-didnt-claim-filtering-was-a-silver-bullet-solution/feed/34Day: In defence of Conroy’s filterhttps://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/01/day-in-defence-of-conroys-filter/
https://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/01/day-in-defence-of-conroys-filter/#respondMon, 01 Feb 2010 01:01:51 +0000http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=113132Mark Day defends the Minister Stephen Conroy's plan to filter Australia's web content with a challenge to its critics: if you don't like it, make a plausible case for why we need access to "online bestiality or child sex abuse". Them's fightin' words.